greta: remember last summer s political circus over the debt ceiling? you are still paying for t. the white house and congress are fighting over how to raise the count re s borrowing limit, they were racking up taxpayers bills. that s right. a new report shows that the debt fine cost $1.3 billion. why did it cost so much? the fight increased borrowing costs to the treasury department. they had to suspend investments in several funds to pay the financial obligation. then treasure heto spend more money to restore those funds. and during the battle, the bureau of public debt workers racked up hundreds of hours in everytime. what do you think about that? go to gretawire and tell us. we are back in 2. building pass, corporate card, verizon 4g lte phone.
where you criticize your own party and the other guys try to use it against you. but dianne feinstein has been a stand-up person here. it s clear to me that the leaks coming out of the white house were orchestrated to create a political advantage for the president. romney is right. within 45 days, huthree articles talking about obama being a decisive leader, choosing the kill list himself, the cia efforts to dysdisrupt the iranian nuclear program and a big story about how we infiltrated an al qaeda team in yi men yemen. the theme is that this is a strong national security presidency. every story quoted high senior-level white house officials. diane s right. this is come from this white house. but the question is, why? i think the reason the leaks came out so quickly, 45 days apart, is to paint a narrative that this is a strong administration on national security. and it s really hurt our national security. greta: when are we going to
achieved? zip. greta: what is governor romney s goal? i think he is demonstrating, part of the key point today to the vfw, that a strong american presence in the world, together with our alliance systems helps guarantee sustained prosperity here at home. and america, under his administration, will treat its friends like friends and the adversaries like adversaries. greta: governor romny and benjamin netanyahu have known each other for years. going back to boston consulting group. greta: 30 years at least. in terms let me ask but the trip to poland. he is going from london to israel to poland. what is he attempting to do in poland? i expect he will hear from the polish leaders and talk to lec waulenca.
if this is such a serious issue,s not a time to backpedal my problem is not with her, it s with greta: mine is too. but the only know only one who s the real power to put the pressure on those who might have that information or might do somethingism the one with the real power here is the president of the united states. greta: of course, he difficulty you know what he should say? listen, when i was a senator, i did not tolerate the white house investigating itself regarding national security situations like valerie plame. now that he s the president of the united states, he promised the most transparent administration that we ll not cover things up. i am calm calling on him and vice-president bide tone do on your watch what you wanted bush to do when you were senators. you are creating a process with very little if no confidence. this is a big deal. you are allowing the attorney general to investigate your administration, where no
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